7 hours agoBiden denies reports that the Chinese president had refused a meeting called by him
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)The president of the United States of America, Joe Biden, has on Tuesday denied media reporting that his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, had refused a meeting with Biden last week. The media reported that Biden had talked on the phone with Jinping and that he was not convinced to [...]
The media reported that Biden had talked on the phone with Jinping and that he was not convinced to attend a meeting with him.
“It's not true,” said Biden when asked by reporters if he was disappointed that Xi did not want to meet with him.
Biden National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said in a statement Tuesday that the writings in the media “did not have an accurate portrayal of the 911 call.
A source that was among those informed of the call confirmed that reporting for this meeting was correct.
“X evidently demanded that the tone and atmosphere of the relationship should be improved first,” said the source for Reuters.
From the China Embassy in Washington has not commented so far on all these developments, Reuters writes, broadcasts Clankosova.tv.
